Candy-pulling machine



R. LOPEZ.

CANDY PULLING MACHINE.

APHICATION man MAY 10. 1920.

Patented May 2, 1922.

INVENTOR. rem/0N0 Lop 52.

ATTORNEY s i ST T S PATENT OFFICE.

RAYMOND LOPEZ, or sAn macro; CALIFORNIA, AssIeNoR or ON LF 'ro Armani) BUTTS, or SAN DIEGO, 'canmoanm.

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ia-"241a Application filed. May 10,

To all whom it mag concern. a

Be it known that I, RAYMOND LoPEz, a

citizen of the United States, residing at.

San Diego, in the county of San Diego and State of California, have invented certaln new ,and useful Improvements in Candy- Pulling Machines, of which the following is a specification. I m

My invention relates to machines for pulling candy, more particularly that k nd of candy known as taffy and more particularly the type of machine in which arm members are revolved relatively to each otherfor engaging the bulk of candy and the. pulling of thehsame and. the fob ect's of any invention 'areufirst, to provide, a

. candy pulling machine of this class which 'is very sanitary and clean in operation as all of the working parts are inclosedrrsec- 0nd I to providega candy pul-hngmmachine of this class in which the supports are {so positioned that different results are obtained with, 'rli ierently"shaped supportsv for the arms, thus adding to the facility of the pulling; third, to provide a candy pulling machine of this class in which thesupportmg arms are so positioned that they form brace members in themselves so that the supports are stronger; fourth, to provide a candy pulling machine of this class whlch 18 very simple and veconomical of construction, durable, easy to operate and whlch will not readily deteriorate or get out of order. With these and other objects in'view as will appear hereinafter my invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts and portions as will be hereinafter described in detail and particularly set forth in the appended claim reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the characters of reference thereon which form a part of this application in which: I

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of my machine complete; Fig. 2 is an end View at a right angle to that of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a top or plan view; Fig. 4 is a sectional view through 4-% of Fig. 1 and Fig. 5 is a sectional view through 55 of Fig. 1.

Similar characters of reference refer to similar parts and portions throughout the several views of the drawings.

The plates 1 and 2, corner supports 3, supporting arms 4:, revoluble supports 5,

Specification of Letters Patent.

1920. 7 s rial No. seems.

armsfi, shafts 7, bevel gears 8, bevel gears 9, shafts 10, bevel ,gears 11, shaft 12, gears Y13 and 14, intermediate shaft 15, sprockets and 17, chain ,18, S prockets 19 and 20 and motor '21 constitute the principal-parts and portions of my candy pulling machine.

The :plate 1 forms the base and the plate 2is supportedabove the same in spaced relation by means of thecorner supports 3 thus forming a casing for the motor and main .openati ng parts. vMounted on, the plate :2 in the middle'thereofpon opposite sides, are thesupporting arms 4; which are hollow vand positioned on an angle as shown best in vFigs. 1andvv3 ofthe drawings so that the axial line of said supporting arms arein alignment with the centergof the casing formed hythemembers 1,2 and "3.; These armsare provided on their upper ends z hollowj nasing portions 4? pro-- Patented May 2,1922.

videdlwithfcaps 4*?and mounted in these A casing members formed by; v the {portions 4 and-'4" a Shaft '7 .i unal n app s sides thereof. Mounted on one end of'said shaft? is a bevel gear 8 supported ball bearings 8 'which form thrust bearings against the endof the casing. Mounted on the other end of the shaft 7 are the revoluble arms 5 which are in the form of double arm members, the one end being ap proximately doublethe length of the other and secured at the opposite ends are the arm members 6 which extend at right angles thereto so that the arm member 6 on the opposite supports 5 are positioned so that they intersect with each other in their revolution. Mounted longitudinally in the supporting arms 4 and journaled therein are the shafts 10 on the upper ends of which are secured the bevel gears 9 which intermesh with the gears 8. These shafts 10 extend down through the plate 2 and are supported by means of-a journal 10 in the lower end of the supports land secured on the lower ends of these'shafts 10 are the bevel gears 11 which intermesh with the gears 13 and 14 which are secured on a horizontal shaft 12 revolubly mounted in the center of the casing formed by the members 12 and 13 upon supports 12 secured on the base plate 1. Upon this shaft 12 is secured a sprocket 16. Mounted on the base plate 1 are a pair of journal supports 15 in which is journaled the shaft 15 upon which is mounted a sprocket 17 and connecting the sprockets 16 and l-7 v 7 Also mounted on, the shaft 'isanother sprocket 19 upon which is a chain 18.

mounted a chain 19 which extends to and over a sprocket 20secured on the motor 21 11 and 13 and 145 which revolution of. the.

shafts 10 revolves the shaft '7 by omeans' of the bevel gears 8 and 9 and mounted on the shafts '7 are the supports 5 whichc'arry the arms 6' and they are properly timediso that one of the-arms 6 intersects the two arms on the opposite supportoso that "the body of the candy is engaged witheach interse'ction {and stretched loythe relative u-movements' of the armsQto-eachother.

Though "I -have shown and described ja particular construction, "combination and arrangement o' f'a parts and portionsl -,do not wish to be limited to this 1 particular con struction, combination and I arrangement but desire to includeinthe purview.- ofmyin- 'vention the construction," combination and arrangement substantiallyas set fort'h iii-the appended' olaimy what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: a Q a A candy machine, including a supporting casing, a single drive shaft revolubly mounted in vsaid casing across the middle "thereof, bevel gears secured to said shaft near each end, arms supported on said casing extending upwardly at an angle in opposite "directlons from each other and in alinement with said drive shaft, a shaft longitudinally journaled in each of said arms in angular position to said drive shaft,

bevel gears on their lower ends engaging the bevel gears on said drive shaft, housings on the upper ends of said arms, a shaft revolubly mounted in horizontal position in each-of said housings, bevel gears connect ing said'angular positioned shaft with said horizontafsh-aft and a double crank arm secured'to the inner ends of each of said horizontal shafts, "the one extending only one-half. the distance as the other and posit'ioned opposite to each other and candy p-ul'ling armssec'ure dto bothrzextended'ends 'ofsa'id arms so positioned and timed that 1 I onegof' 'the "arms 'on one of said revoluble, a-rmspasses intermediate the other two arms withqtheir revolution. p I In testimony whereof, 'I'have hereunto set go, Galiforniafthis 3d RAYMO D-ion sa- 

